{"id":37367,"date":"2015-04-02T16:22:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=37367"},"modified":"2015-04-02T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:22:34","slug":"mark-mourns-m-d-yusuf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/mark-mourns-m-d-yusuf\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark mourns M.D. Yusuf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8211;says he would be remembered for his struggle for democracy.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has sent a message of condolence to the government and people of Katsina state over the demise of a\u00a0 former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and foremost elder statesman ALHAJI Muhammadu Diko Yusuf.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Late M.D . Yusuf as he was popularly called died in ABUJA on Wednesday.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Senator Mark in the condolence message\u00a0 described late Yusuf\u00a0 as an exemplary police officer who promoted professionalism and discipline during his stint as the helmsman in the force .<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8221; Late Yusuf\u00a0 was one police boss who ensured the protection of lives and properties of all citizens without compromise. He was a pan- NIGERIAN\u00a0 who built bridges of peace and unity. He believed and worked for the indivisibility of one NIGERIA where all citizens are treated as equals&#8221;, he stated.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On his foray into politics, the President of the Senate noted that late Yusuf was a shinning star on the political turf as the\u00a0 then founder and presidential candidate of Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ).<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He noted that late Yusuf was a forthright nationalist who took the entire nation as his constituency pointing out the the late elder statesman was in the Forefront in the struggle for the return of democracy in the present political dispensation.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He canvassed that late Yusuf should be immortalized For his great services and contributions to the socio-economic and political development of Nigeria.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Senator prayed that the almighty God grant him eternal rest just as he told the bereaved family to take solace in the fact that late Yusuf left his positive footprint on the sand of time.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Signed:<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paul Mumeh, Chief Press Secretary to the President of the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;&#8211;says he would be remembered for his struggle for democracy.President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has sent a message of condolence to the government and people of Katsina state&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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